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A. F. JULIUS TICKET PRINTING AND TRANSACTION REGISTERING MEANS FOR RACETOTALIZATGRS Filed D90. 27, 1951 2 SHEETS-SHEET l Q Q a i QS .M: n Q asw 6 M ii 2 k FORECAST Dec. 30, 1952 A. F. JULIUS 2,623,454

TICKET PRINTING AND TRANSACTION REGISTERING MEANS FOR RACE TOTALIZATCRSFiled Dec. 27, 1951 2 SHEETS--SHEET 2 Patented Dec. 36, 1952 Ul'i'hlDSTATES {PATENT QFFICE TICKET PRINTING AND TRANSACTION REGISTERING MEANSFOR RACE TO- TALIZA'EORS Wales Application. December 27,;1951, SerialNo. 263,553 In Australia February 2, 1951 4 creams. (Cl. 101-69) Thisinvention relates to race totalisators incorporating ticket issuermachines of the kind comprising a dial plate having a series ofcompetitor numbers (or other indicia) marked thereon, and an operatinghandle which may be swung over the number series, halted in registerwith a selected number and then depressed, thus to initiate automaticprinting and production. of a ticket bearing the selected competitornumber. In. addition to initiating a ticket production cycle, depressionof the handle is also instrumental in closing the operating circuit ofan adding unit whereby the transaction to which the ticket refers issummed with other transactions (of'like kind) relating to the selectedcompetitor.

Most ticket issuer machines of the kind referred to above make provisionfor the issue of two kinds of ticket in respect of each competitor;namely, win tickets and place tickets.

To accommodate this dual production, two separate adding units areprovided for each competitor. One to sum the win transactions and theother the place transactions for each competitor. It is also necessaryto provide change-over switch devices so that only the appropriate winor place adding unit circuit is energised. The change-over switchdevices may be operable by additional manipulation of the issuer handleor bymovement of a switch lever or the like which is operableindependently of the handle.

The known ticket issuers of the kind discussed above, incorporate aprinting type Wheel which carries a series of competitor numbers thesame as that on. the dial plate, and is geared to the handle in suchmanner that movement of the handle and halting it in relation to aselected competitor numb-er on the dial plate, causes similar movementand halting of the type wheel with its same competitor number presentedat a printing station in readiness for marking that numbers are not, bythemselves, significant. For

example, a forecast transaction is one related to simple means enablingforecast and like transact-ions to be registered, and the printing andissue of tickets in respect of suchtransactions. It will be clear fromthe description herein and the drawings referred to later herein that'the present invention is useable somewhat more generally than. merelyfor forecast transactions as referred to above. However, the inventionis described herein with reference to the said drawings mainly in termsof a mechanism specifically designed for eifecting such forecasttransactions alternatively to usual win or place transactiOIlS.

? Viewed broadly, the invention consists in a race be selected andrendered solely effective for ticket printing purposes; such meanscomprising, a plural throw eccentric member which is rotatably mountedon the machine frame or .chassis and whereof the throws are differentlydirected, type wheels equal in number the throws f'fand respectivelyfreely mounted thereon, drive transmission mechanism whereby the typewheels are rotatable concertedly and in correspondence with turningmovement of the machine handle,

and means for turning the eccentricmember so that any one of its throwsmay be selectively projected towards the printing station forming partof the ticket issuing machine.

In the drawings:

' Figure 1 is a purely diagrammatic plan indicating essential parts ofan example of the invention,

Figure 2 is a schematic sectional side elevation taken. along line 22in. Figure 1. It will be no- 'ticed (by reference to. Figure 1) that theplanes or section on opposite sides of the centre line marked .r-ac (inFigure 2) are at right angles.

At the left-hand end of Figure 2 a portion of a well known type ofticket-issuer handle rotor assembly is indicated generally by 3. Thisrotor assembly is of the kind having a gear wheel 4 fixed thereto forthe purpose of turning a printing type wheel in correspondence with theturning of the handle (not shown) which forms part of the rotorassembly.

At the right-hand end of Figure 2 a known ticket printing assembly isshown. It consists of a backing pad 5 furnished with operating means forpushing it towards and withdrawing it from the type carrying elementssuch as the known code word or number type roller 6, removable printingblock I and the usual win-place type arm 8. The space between the pad 5and the type carrying elements constitutes the printing station, andusual means are provided for the step-by-step feeding of a ticket strip(9) and an inking ribbon (10) through that station.

In the usual ticket printing arrangements of ticket issuing machines ofthe kind to which this invention is referable, there is a further typecarrying element namely a type wheel which is rotatable by gearingmeshed with the gear wheel 4. This wheel (which may be called awin-place type wheel) carries a type series consisting of the numbers 1to 21 (or some other maximum competitor number which the apparatus isdesigned to accommodate). In the illustrated embodiment of the presentinvention the type wheel I] is a win-place type wheel. A second typewheel 12 is provided. This second wheel may be called a forecast typewheel. Each of its type faces has two coupled numbers thereonrepresenting all possible combinations of a selected maximum number ofcompetitors taken two at a time. Where the selected maximum number isseven the forecast series would consist of twenty-one pairs of numbersas follows:

The forecast type wheel is of the same diameter as the win-place typewheel and is secured sideby-side thereto being rotatable therewith andcapable of lateral translatory movement relative thereto. The win-placewheel is rotatable in consonance with ticket issuer handle movement inconventional manner, for example, by way of idler wheel 13 which mesheswheel 4 and also a pinion l4 fixed to the win-place wheel ill. Theforecast wheel is drive connected to the win-place wheel by way (forexample) of a driving peg [5 which is fixed to the first wheel andextends into aradialslot l 6 formed in the second wheel.

The two type wheels are centrally and respectively freely revolublymounted on two eccentric portions of a shaft or sleeve VI 1 which isrevolubly mounted on a portion of the issuer machine frame or a pin 18fixed on that frame. The maximum throw radii of the two eccentricportions are diametrically opposed.

It will be seen that with the above vdescribed diametrically opposedeccentric mounting of the two type wheels, these wheels have twosignificant positions corresponding to two positions of the eccentricshaft which are 180 apart. In one of these positions (where theeccentric of the winplace wheel has its maximum throw directed towardsthe printing station) the wineplace wheel is advanced into the printingstation in readiness to print, a win or place ticket and the forecastwheel is retracted clear of the printing station, and in the secondposition (as shown in Figure v2) the forecast wheel isadvanced forprinting while the win-place wheel is retracted.

Simple means are provided for turning the eccentric member I1 through180. These means may consist of a pinion I9 which meshes a rack 20either directly or indirectly through a convenient idler train asindicated by wheels 2|, 22 and 23 in Figure 1. The rack may be travelledlongitudinally by a pull rod or lever or knob 26 within easy reach ofthe machine operator, suitable stops being provided to limit rotation ofthe eccentric member to give the two printing positions above referredto.

It will be apparent that the existing win or place adding units could beused for counting forecast transactions, but for preference additionaladding units solely for counting forecast transactions are provided. Insuch case a conventional change-over switch to isolate the win and placeadding circuits and at the same time close the main supply line to theforecast adding unit circuits is provided. If desired this change-overswitch may be mechanically coupled to the mentioned pull rod or leverfor concerted operation therewith. Alternatively, the rack 20 may carrya contact 25 which in either of the limit positions of the rack is ableto close the appropriate circuit as indicated in Figure 1.

It will be appreciated that the foregoing .de- ,scription refers to apreferred embodiment of the invention, and that there may beconsiderable modification of that embodiment without depare ture fromthe essence of the invention. For ex ample. although it is mechanicallyconvenient for the eccentric throws to be apart theymay be angularlyseparated by some other amount. Again, if desired, more than two typewheelsmal' be present if the apparatus is required to deal withadditional kinds of transaction. In such case the number of eccentricthrows and other relevant parts would be correspondingly increased innumber.

It will also be understood that the ticket issuer dial plate may beinscribed with the series of number pairs for forecast transaction; .or,if desired, a thin dummy dial plate or sheet inscribed with the forecastcoupled numbers may be laid over the ordinary win-place series ofnumbers on the dial plate.

If desired the win-place type bracket 8 :(furnished with usual operatinglink 26) may be fur.- ni hed with an extra type face carrying thewordforecast; but as the paired numbers on a forefiast ticket render-thenature of the ticket self.- evident the bracket Bmay simply be put outof action when forecast transactions are being dealt with.

The size of the eccentric throws is shown exaggeratedly in the drawingsfor clearness of illustration. In practice these throws need be nogreater than is just sufficient to ensure against printing by theunselected type wheel, and hence it isonly necessary to provide theteeth of wheels 14 and I3 with a slight looseness of intermesh .to avoidtooth jamming when the wheel M is moved eccentrically by reason of itsbeing mounted upon the win-place type wheel.

I claim:

,1. In a race totalisator ticket issuing machine of the kind comprisinga dial plate, anoperating handle which may be turned relative to saiddial plate, and a ticket printing type wheel which car.- ries an indiciaseries and which is geared to said handle for rotation in correspondencetherewith; means whereby one of a plurality of indicia type series maybe selected and rendered solely effective for ticket printing purposes,comprising, a plural-throw eccentric member which is rotatably mountedon the frame of the ticket issuing machine and whereof the throws aredifferently directed, type wheels equal in number to the said throws andrespectively freely mounted thereon, drive transmission mechanismwhereby the said type wheels are rotatable concertedly and incorrespondence with turning movement of the said operating handle, andmeans for turning said eccentric member so that any one of its saidthrows may be selectively directed towards the printing station of saidticket issuing machine.

2. Means according to claim 1 wherein said eccentric member is a sleevefurnished with two diametrically opposed throws.

3. Means according to claim 1 wherein the number of said type wheels istwo, and wherein the said drive transmission mechanism comprises adriving peg on one of said type wheels which projects into a radial slotin the other of said type wheels, and a gear pinion which is fixedconcentrically on one of said type wheels and is drive connected to arotor assembly forming part of said ticket issuing machine.

4. Means according to claim 1 wherein the means for turning saideccentric member comprise a pinion fixed on said eccentric member and alongitudinally movable rack drive connected to said pinion.

AWDRY FRANCIS JULIUS.

No references cited.

